Click here for the Friday Reading Search, a searchable archive of reading and knowledge resources

Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.

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BBC, 17th October 2022
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has unveiled what he claims are the biggest tax cuts in a generation, so what is in his mini-budget?
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KPMG, 16th September 2022
The new Prime Minister was elected on a platform of deep tax cuts, coupled with regulatory loosening. This would represent a major change in policy direction from the previous Johnson/Sunak partnership.
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Institute for Government, 13th September 2022
After 70 years on the throne, the part Queen Elizabeth played in UK government seemed to reflect hard and fast rules about the monarch’s constitutional position in relation to the executive. But King Charles III is already showing that he wants to put his own stamp on this important aspect of his new role, says Hannah White of the think tank Institute for Government.
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Centre for European Reform, 8th September 2022
Prime Minister Liz Truss has promised to push ahead with the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill. In addition, she is reported to be planning to trigger Article 16 of the Protocol. While relations between the UK and the EU are now in a bad place, it is possible to find a way forward, provided both sides are prepared to move and then engage in hard, detailed negotiation. The issues are indeed complex, but if the UK and the EU can surely craft a solution here.
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South China Morning Post, 7th September 2022
[Subscription required] Writing in this Hong Kong-based newspaper, Mark Logan, vice-chair for the All-Party Parliamentary China Group in the UK, writes about what we can expect from the new prime minister with regard to UK-China relations.
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Reuters, 5th September 2022
During her campaign, Liz Truss promised to unshackle the City of London by making the most of Brexit in the 164-billion-pound financial sector. What’s her plan?
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